142: Vercel Had a Week

About this episode

The episode discusses recent developments involving Anthropic, Vercel's security incident, and SpaceX's acquisition of Cursor.

In this episode: Anthropic sets its sights on designersVercel has a “security incident”And Elon eyes an IDETimestamps: 0:50 - Anthropic introduces Claude Design10:07 - Vercel’s security incident18:27 - SpaceX is buying Cursor26:15 - Google is cracking down on “back button hijacking”28:35 - Anthropic bans a 60-person company overnight32:45 - Fire Starter36:40 - What’s making us happyNews: Paige - Anthropic introduces Claude DesignJack - SpaceX is buying CursorTJ - Vercel has a “security incide...

People in this episode

Hosts: TJ VanToll, Paige Niedringhaus, Jack Herrington

Topics covered

• design
• security
• technology
• AI
• space
• user experience

Keywords

• Vercel
• Anthropic
• Claude Design
• security incident
• SpaceX
• Cursor
• Google
• back button hijacking

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Anthropic, Vercel, SpaceX, Google

Products: Claude Design, Cursor

Places: 60-person company

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